[OSM-talk] The Return of the Highway tags and other junk

[David Earl]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ben Robbins [mailto:ben_robbins_ at hotmail.com]
> Sent: 18 December 2006 15:52
> To: david at frankieandshadow.com; talk at openstreetmap.org
> Subject: The Return of the Highway tags and other junk
>
>
> >Gate and cattle_grid go on their respective nodes, not ways or
> segements,
> >as
> >I understand the spec, so that's not a problem is it?
>
> They are phisical objects that have widths and lengths taht can varie.
> Therfore I would never tag them as a node, just as a building would be an
> area.

Then you aren't following the spec, such as it is, so your mapping won't get
rendered properly (conversely if you have your own renderer you won't render
the majority of data provided by others properly).

Even if you disagree, there's no point in diverging from the spec unless you
are creating a completely separate data set (e.g. underlying geology or sime
such), or perhaps have a reasonable expectation that it will be adopted, if
it is something uncontroversial (amenity=university in the Proposed_features
page? No doubt someone will argue on principle!)

David